{{Short description|Sanskrit or Buddhist term that is translated as "jealousy" or "envy"}} {{Buddhist term | fontsize=100% | title=irshya | pi= issā | sa= irshya, īrṣyā | en= jealousy,<br/> envy | km=ឫស្យា | km-Latn= reusya | th= ริษยา | th-Latn= ritsaya | vi= Tật | bo= ཕྲག་དོག | bo-Latn=Wylie: phrag dog; <br />THL: tradok |zh=嫉|id=iri hati; iri}}{{Cetasika|unwholesome}} '''Īrṣyā''' (Sanskrit; Pali: ''issā''; Tibetan: ''phrag dog'') is a Sanskrit or Buddhist term that is translated as "jealousy" or "envy". It is defined as a state of mind in which one is highly agitated to obtain wealth and honor for oneself, but unable to bear the excellence of others.<ref name=g1>Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 890-891.</ref><ref name=eric1>Kunsang (2004), p. 26.</ref>
''Irshya'' is identified as: * One of the fourteen unwholesome mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings *Belonging to the category of ''dosa'' within the Theravada tradition * One of the ten fetters in the Theravada tradition (according to the Dhammasangani) * One of the twenty subsidiary unwholesome mental factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings *One of the five poisons within the Mahayana tradition *Belonging to the category of anger (Sanskrit: ''pratigha'') within the Mahayana tradition<ref name=g1/><ref name=eric1/>
==See also== * Kleshas (Buddhism) * Mental factors (Buddhism) * Three poisons
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==Sources== * Berzin, Alexander (2006), [https://studybuddhism.com/en/advanced-studies/science-of-mind/mind-mental-factors/primary-minds-and-the-51-mental-factors ''Primary Minds and the 51 Mental Factors''] * Goleman, Daniel (2008). ''Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama''. Bantam. Kindle Edition. * Guenther, Herbert V. & Leslie S. Kawamura (1975), ''Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding"'' Dharma Publishing. Kindle Edition. * Kunsang, Erik Pema (translator) (2004). ''Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1''. North Atlantic Books.
==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170909143359/http://englishdekho.com/irshya-meaning/ Irshya Meaning]}} * [https://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/phrag_dog Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for ''phrag dog''] * [https://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/about/glossary/glossary.html#xjealousy Berzin Archives glossary entry for "jealousy"] * [https://studybuddhism.com/web/x/nav/group.html_218817758.html Strategies for Deconstructing Jealousy, by Alexander Berzin]
Category:Unwholesome factors in Buddhism Category:Sanskrit words and phrases
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